thread: 2011-09-15 : PAX Dev: You Should Play Bad Games
On 2011-09-18, Amphiprison wrote:
I like taking property cards and organizing them by color, then by alphabetical order, then by color again. I like going THIS HERE IS A CLASSY ESTABLISHMENT I GUARANTEE YOU WILL GET YOUR SIX DOLLARS WORTH NOW GIMME. I like being represented by a Scottie dog, a hat, or a funky shoe like nobody ever wears anymore (why is there a loop on the heel? What kind of madman designed this shoe?) I like bartering with people to get them to take random non-money stuff instead of paying rent. I like that the board has ten squares on a side. I like being the Bank and making change for people. I like the silly pictures of Uncle Moneybags on the Chance cards and the cheerful, non-ironic presentation of the naked money grab as entertaining endeavor. I like that different denominations of money are different colors.
I try really hard to be positive about games because it's too easy to point out what you don't like about them, and few people actually appreciate it if you do.
The list of things I don't like about Monopoly is easily twice as long and filled with far more serious complaints, in case this seems childish and frivolous. This was the best I could do. :-(
